Re: [Xen-users] Release 0.9.0 of GPL PV Drivers for Windows

[Scott McKenzie <scott.xensource@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jim burns wrote:
> On Tuesday May 20 2008 08:04:20 am Scott McKenzie wrote:
>   
> > I've finally found some time to test these new drivers on my system -
> > 64bit dom0 Ubuntu Hardy w/xen 3.2; domU Windows 2003 i386 (SBS).  I
> > couldn't boot Windows after installing the drivers, ether with or
> > without the /gplpv boot option.  Startup stalled on the first screen of
> > windows starting, the black screen with the moving progress bar before
> > it switches to graphics mode.  The progress bar stopped moving and it
> > never switched to graphics mode.  I let it run for about 3minutes before
> > "xm destroy"ing it.  Normal boot is about 1:45 to the Windows login prompt.
> >     
> Actually, this sounds like an intermediate error I had. After you install 
> 0.9.0, you have to make sure none of the old 
> \windows\system32\drivers\xen*.sys files are still there - anything with a 
> date older than 5/18/08. Since you can't boot the domu, you will have to 
> losetup/kpartx/mount -t ntfs-3g to remove anything besides xenhide, xenpci, 
> xennet or xenvbd.
>   
This was a virgin Windows domU, the GPL PV drivers have never been 
installed.

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